THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK • A rash of mergers in the chemical industry
^ A dye plant will be built near Bombay by
—at least 50 in the past 20 months—is reminiscent of the merger era of the twenties, and the end is probably not in sight. Page 3248.
Hilton-Davis Chemical a n d Amrital, Ltd., to manufacture same line of textile dyes now produced by Hilton in the U. S. Page 3272.
• Allied plans expansion of its new plant at
• M o r e maleic anhydride w i l l be produced in
Omaha. Ammonia capacity will be doubled, and new facilities will be installed to produce nitrogen fertilizer solutions. Page 3251.
Europe; Monsanto, Ltd., plans construction of a major plant at Ruabon, Wales, and St. Gobain will double its acid and anhydride capacity at Chauny. Page 3276.
• National Lead selects Frederick Snare Corp. and Merritt-Chapman & Scott as contractors for a $43 million expansion of the government-owned nickel plant at Nicaro, Cuba. Page 3251. • Brea Chemical breaks ground on a new ammonium phosphaté plant, marking its second step in development and distribution of plant nutrients in solution form. Page 3252. • Big question in the Los Angeles smog is
ozone, says Stanford Research Institute, in a report on its seven years of study. Page 3256. t Effectiveness of some insecticide sprays can
be prolonged by addition of chemical extendersmethyl ethyl ketone to D D T and chlorinated terphenyls to lindane and aldrin. Page 3259. • Lederle Labs completes total synthesis of
the antibiotic puromycin. Page 3259. • Shell Oil's new motor oil minimizes viscosity changes, thereby increasing gasoline mileage 15% and Jecreasing oil consumption 25%, according to5\iell. Page 3262. •
Itanium facilities may be the first to go in
tr 3 proposed reorganization of the Bureau of ^ .ines; helium outcome is debatable. Page 3264.
• Bringing up b e t t e r chemistry teachers is the
goal of a four-year-old summer program at St. Louis University. Page 3278. ^ Food and Drug Administration's new head,
G. P. Larrick, faces two big problems : increasing work load brought on by technological advances and a steadily decreasing budget. Page 3284. • Know-how economics will be the subject of a symposium the Division of Chemical Marketing will hold at the next ACS meeting. Page 3291. • A new carbon black process—the Lynn Furmatic method—should be in commercial production by late this year. Page 3294. y Synthesis of 4-substituted pyridines may be
in for a new look as commercial quantities of Reilly Tar and Chemical's pyridine-N-oxide hit the market. Page 3300. • A carbon dioxide r e m o v a l unit for use in
atmospheres with a high concentration of oxygen has been designed by Girdler. A unit is now in the atom-powered Nautilus. Page 3304.
their German owners may be stalled by proposed amendment to the Dirksen Bill. Page 3266.
^ Carboxymethylcellulose, because of its unusual versatility, has climbed to a 15- to 20-millionpound-per-year product in the U. S. in the less than 10 years it has been available here commercially. Page 3310.
• Atomic energy bill may go back to committee as disagreements over patent and power amendments block passage. Page 3268.
^ Prices for ethylene chemicals rise, almost wiping out declines suffered in late 1953 and early 1954. Page 3314.
• Research on peat wax shows the material is a series of high molecular weight organic compounds and suggests it may be useful as a raw material, particularly for plastics. Page 3271.
^ Textiles may revive by fall; continued heavy outlays for new construction and further inventory curtailment also sound optimistic notes in the economic picture. Page 3316.
• A new technique f o r extracting oil and fat
• Semiannual reports for 36 firms in the chemical and allied fields show increased profits for the majority. Page 3318.
A Return of General Aniline and Sobering to
from animal, marine, and vegetable matter may offer commercial possibilities. Page 3271.
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